Evening Prayer: Saturday 11 October 2025
This is the new revised order for Daily Prayer authorised for experimental use. You can find the 2006 Revised version here.
Kenneth, Abbot, 600
Week B
O God make speed to save us;
O Lord make haste to help us.
Glory to God, Source of all Being, Eternal Word, and Holy Spirit;*
as it was in the beginning, is now, and shall be for ever.
Amen.
PSALMODY
Antiphon: Where can I go from your Spirit?* Where can I flee from your presence?
(Psalm 139.7)
Opening (from Psalm 139)
your works are wonderful, and I know it well.
2. My body was not hidden from you,*
while I was being made in secret and woven in the depths of the earth.
3. How deep I find your thoughts, O God!*
how great is the sum of them!
4. If I were to count them, they would be more in number than the sand;*
to count them all, my life span would need to be like yours.
Glory ...
or a suitable Hymn
and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
24. The Lord made this people exceedingly fruitful; *
making them stronger than their enemies;
25. whose heart God turned, so that they hated this people, *
and dealt unjustly with the servants of God.
26. O Lord, you sent Moses your servant, *
and Aaron whom you had chosen.
27. They worked your signs among them, *
and portents in the land of Ham.
28. You sent darkness, and it grew dark; *
but the Egyptians rebelled against your words.
29. You turned their waters into blood *
and caused their fish to die.
30. Their land was overrun by frogs, *
in the very chambers of their kings.
31. You spoke, and there came swarms of insects *
and gnats within all their borders.
32. You gave them hailstones instead of rain, *
and flames of fire throughout their land.
33. You blasted their vines and their fig trees *
and shattered every tree in their country.
34. You spoke, and the locust came, *
and young locusts without number,
35. which ate up all the green plants in their land *
and devoured the fruit of their soil.
36. You struck down the firstborn of their land, *
the first fruits of all their strength.
37. You led out your people with silver and gold; *
in all their tribes there was not one that stumbled.
38. Egypt was glad of their going, *
because they were afraid of them.
39. You spread out a cloud for a covering *
and a fire to give light in the night season.
40. They asked, and quails appeared, *
and you satisfied them with bread from heaven.
41. You opened the rock, and water flowed, *
so the river ran in the dry places.
42. For you, O God, remembered your holy word *
and Abraham your servant.
43 So you led forth your people with gladness, *
your chosen with shouts of joy.
44. You gave your people the lands of the nations, *
and they took the fruit of others’ toil,
45. that they might keep your statutes *
and observe your laws. Hallelujah!
Glory …
Conclusion
1 Timothy 3
1. Great indeed, we confess,*
is the mystery of our religion.
2. Christ was manifested in the flesh,*
vindicated in the Spirit,
3. Seen by angels,*
preached among the nations,
4. Believed on in the world;*
taken up in glory.
Glory …
Antiphon: Where can I go from your Spirit?* Where can I flee from your presence?
READING(S)
Matthew 9:35 - 10:4
Silence
Response Psalm 105.5
Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
The wonders and the judgements of the mouth of the Lord.
What wonders God has done!
Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit
Remember the marvels the Lord has done.
SONG OF MARY
Song of Mary Antiphon: God has come to the aid of the faithful, * as promised to Abraham and his children.
1 My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,*my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour;
2 for he has looked with favour on his lowly servant;*
from this day all generations will call me blessed.
3 The Almighty has done great things for me*
and holy is his name.
4 He has mercy on those who fear him*
in every generation.
5 He has shown the strength of his arm;*
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
6 He has cast down the mighty from their thrones*
and has lifted up the lowly.
7 He has filled the hungry with good things,*
and the rich he has sent away empty.
8 He has come to the help of his servant Israel,*
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
9 the promise he made to our forebears,*
to Abraham and his children for ever.
Glory to the Father... (may be said by all)
Song of Mary Antiphon: God has come to the aid of the faithful, * as promised to Abraham and his children.
PRAYERS
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin against us.
Do not bring us to the time of trial,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and for ever. Amen.
Collect of the Day
O Lord, we beseech you:
give your people grace to turn away from evil;
and to follow you, the only God,
in pureness of heart and mind;
through Jesus Christ, our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, world without end.
Amen
Lord God almighty, come and dispel the darkness from our hearts, that in the radiance of your brightness we may know you, the only unfading light, glorious in all eternity.
Amen.
Let us bless the Lord:
Thanks be to God!
The God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing:
through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
